***Official November 2016 Thread***

[AlwaysEeyore]

So excited to be back home in a month! Driving from Long Island and hoping for low crowds and no rude people lol!

OKW: 11/5-11/6
BWV: 11/5-11/11

 

[TJDisneymama]

Anyone else super antsy/anxious for their trip to come? I am much more so than usual. Time seems to be going SO. SLOWLY. In a way I guess its good b/c I am losing weight for this trip and I originally thought I would reach my goal in time for my trip (but have since realized its going to take longer than I expected), so I guess the more time I have, the more I can lose, lol. At last weigh in (last week), I was down 26 lbs. Hoping to be down 36 lbs. By trip day! (34 more days)

 

[Momto3:2016]

Anyone else super antsy/anxious for their trip to come? I am much more so than usual. Time seems to be going SO. SLOWLY. In a way I guess its good b/c I am losing weight for this trip and I originally thought I would reach my goal in time for my trip (but have since realized its going to take longer than I expected), so I guess the more time I have, the more I can lose, lol. At last weigh in (last week), I was down 26 lbs. Hoping to be down 36 lbs. By trip day! (34 more days)

In some ways it is creeping by, and at other times I can't believe we're only 33 days away! Congrats on the weight loss, I had been losing weight for Disney too, about 28 lbs and I have about 10-15 lbs more I'd like to lose but stopped my efforts over the past month. I should buckle back down!

 

[wvujeb]

Finally making FP+ tomorrow. Pumped!

 

[ariane37]

Anyone else super antsy/anxious for their trip to come? I am much more so than usual. Time seems to be going SO. SLOWLY. In a way I guess its good b/c I am losing weight for this trip and I originally thought I would reach my goal in time for my trip (but have since realized its going to take longer than I expected), so I guess the more time I have, the more I can lose, lol. At last weigh in (last week), I was down 26 lbs. Hoping to be down 36 lbs. By trip day! (34 more days)

In some ways it is creeping by, and at other times I can't believe we're only 33 days away! Congrats on the weight loss, I had been losing weight for Disney too, about 28 lbs and I have about 10-15 lbs more I'd like to lose but stopped my efforts over the past month. I should buckle back down!

Congrats to both of you on the weight loss! I wanted to try losing 8-10 lbs but, no luck lol. I still have 45 days but don't think it's going to happen My trip seems to be coming fast! Probably because I'm in the think of PTA stuff now so I don't have enough time in a day to do what I have to. But I've had other trips that never seem to arrive!

Finally making FP+ tomorrow. Pumped!

Good luck

 

[TJDisneymama]

Thanks, I am one of those people who NEVer gets in pics (or deletes the ones that I am in), so I swore I was going to get in them this time, so thats enough motivation for me to stick sith it.

 

[wmjeffer]

Anyone else still undecided on EMM and memory maker? I need to make these decisions!

 

[Cali Cat]

Anyone else still undecided on EMM and memory maker? I need to make these decisions!

I'm still deciding on memory maker too. Did they just change it recently? When I checked before it looked like it was cheaper if you bought it in advance. Now it looks like it's one set price no matter when you buy it.

 

[wmjeffer]

I'm still deciding on memory maker too. Did they just change it recently? When I checked before it looked like it was cheaper if you bought it in advance. Now it looks like it's one set price no matter when you buy it.

I think it's still cheaper for advance purchase - if I look it up in MDE, it shows as $149 - Advance Purchase.

 

[leanne11]

30 more days for me too..i need a new ticker...

 

[leanne11]

First, I am afraid that I am starting to over plan and worry about every little detail. However, I hate it when we go anywhere and everyone(DH)is asking what to do next and it seems to always be left up to me to decide anyway. So, I am going to make a touring plan, I will be flexible with it, but for my sanity I need to be able to say, hey let's do this next or let's stop here and get a snack.

So first the travelers: Me, DH, ODS 8yo, DD 5yo, and YDS 17 months. We have not been since 2013 and at that time we only did 1 day of Epcot and 1 day of Magic Kingdom. The kids normal schedule is to wake up between 5:30-6:30, breakfast shortly after. The eat lunch normally at 11, and we have dinner @5:30. They are normally asleep @ 6:30 for the baby and 9:00 for the big kids. We are driving and will spend the 1st part of our vacation at the Kennedy Space Center and beach.

So here's my itinerary with ADRs. We're staying offsite, so I'll start making FP starting the 7th!

3rd- we'll leave our house around 7:30pm, it's an estimated 13 hour drive. DH works nights so will probably drive most of the time

4th- Kennedy Space Center with rocket launch @ 5:40pm

5th- Beach? Need ideas in which if anyone is familiar with this area. We're spending the night in Titusville. I'm thinking Melbourne Beach. We will stop and get groceries on the waybto Orlando then check into our townhouse in Windsor Hills.

6th- Magic Kingdom 9a-9p
BOG @ 11:15
The plan is to do this as Fantasyland/Tomorrowland

7th- Epcot 9a-9p- possibly go to HS 1st
Garden Grill @5:50pm

8th- MK 9a-3p I would like to be out before party guests come in- do Adventureland and Frontierland- Disney Springs in the evening
Cape May Breakfast @ 7:40am

9th Epcot 9a-9p

10th- HS - may make this a late arrival and not rope drop OR go to MK from 9-1 then on to HS
Sci-Fi @ 5:20pm

11th- Animal Kingdom 9a-7p

12th- Magic Kingdom 9a-1p We will need to sleep some before driving back @ night
Crystal Palace @ 8:20am

So major questions:
1. Is this enough time for each park?
2. Any ADRs you would change? I also have a 1900 PF @ 11:30 on both 11/10 and 11/11, but I don't know that I want to leave a park for a meal. I also do not want more than 3 character meals as we will be paying OOP.
3. DH would love LTT for lunch, which day looks the best to add this?

Any suggestions are welcome. We have hoppers only because it was cheaper to get those than base tickets, but I keep feeling that since I have them I should be using them more.

we will be with u at WH TOWNHOUSES also..we have been b4 be sure to rest at the beautiful pool..maybe we will run into u..

 

[Momto3:2016]

we will be with u at WH TOWNHOUSES also..we have been b4 be sure to rest at the beautiful pool..maybe we will run into u..

I've never been to Windsor Hills before, but I'm excited about staying there!
Since you've stayed there before, what time would you recommend leaving to hit rope drop at 9am? I was thinking around 8am, but is that enough time when parking at MK?

 

[CandiceF]

I'm still deciding on memory maker too. Did they just change it recently? When I checked before it looked like it was cheaper if you bought it in advance. Now it looks like it's one set price no matter when you buy it.

I just added memory maker last week and it was still $149 advance purchase price. We love memory maker because it is the only way to get all 5 of us in all of the pictures!

 

[4cats2kids]

We live near Niagara Falls and I think Google maps had our trip only taking 18 hours. With 3 under 9 we seem to spend a lot of time stoping for washroom breaks, LOL! We also find it too hard to drive straight through with the little ones. My husband hates to fly and my oldest gets earaches so we drive.

We are coming from Niagara Falls area as well. We plan on taking two days to drive too.

 

[CandiceF]

We are coming from Niagara Falls area as well. We plan on taking two days to drive too.

Are you going in November too? I think taking 2 days to drive with kids is a lot easier. My kids love driving through the mountains because that's something we don't have around here. I get nervous driving through the mountains but my DH finds it no problem.

 

[4cats2kids]

Are you going in November too? I think taking 2 days to drive with kids is a lot easier. My kids love driving through the mountains because that's something we don't have around here. I get nervous driving through the mountains but my DH finds it no problem.

We leave our house after work on Nov 18th and plan to be there for before lunch on the 20th.
We've never driven down before but are looking forward to the drive. Our kids are 5 & 7 and only used to 3.5 hour road trips down to Windsor. Hopefully we can keep them entertained easily

 

[tonyhb12]

If you look at October's hours, you'll see that the fireworks either start 15-30 minutes before Fantasmic! starts, or 30 minutes after it starts. So, I doubt they'll keep the park open much later than 8 or 9, evendors with the fireworks. Who knows, though! It's so hard to predict what they'll do.

Seriously is anybody else getting very annoyed that early November HS SW Fireworks time have not been announced. We really want to see them and it is throwing a wrinkle in our schedule. If they stay the same days as October, we will have to move around some dinners. It can be done, but I don't want to assume I know what Disney will do and then get screwed.

Anybody else in my boat?

 

[wdwnut61]

Praying for everyone in Florida especially the coastal communities to be safe from hurricane Matthew.
Downtown St Augustine where my DD attends college is being evacuated as of 6:00 am this morning. I was scrambling last night to get her a flight out and very thankful we did
We are on our way to the airport now.
It's hard to think our trip is just 45 days away with everything going on

 

[wmjeffer]

Praying for everyone in Florida especially the coastal communities to be safe from hurricane Matthew.
Downtown St Augustine where my DD attends college is being evacuated as of 6:00 am this morning. I was scrambling last night to get her a flight out and very thankful we did
We are on our way to the airport now.
It's hard to think our trip is just 45 days away with everything going on

Agreed - feeling bad for the people whose trips are impacted and devastated for those who are affected to a greater degree by losing homes or lives. It's all so sad

 

[Karabear15]

Praying for everyone in Florida especially the coastal communities to be safe from hurricane Matthew.
Downtown St Augustine where my DD attends college is being evacuated as of 6:00 am this morning. I was scrambling last night to get her a flight out and very thankful we did
We are on our way to the airport now.
It's hard to think our trip is just 45 days away with everything going on

Oh no! Glad you were able to get your daughter out safely. I have a friend living there as well, we still haven't heard what his plans are...hopefully he isn't trying to be a "man" and ride it out!